US 12,185,725 B2
BCA control of STB
Dan Funck Jensen, Uppsala (SE); Birgit Mikkelsen, Hvidovre (DK); Magnus Karlsson, Almunge (SE); and Margareta Hökeberg, Uppsala (SE)
Assigned to DANSTAR FERMENT AG, Zug (CH)
Appl. No. 16/956,237
Filed by DANSTAR FERMENT AG, Zug (CH)
PCT Filed Dec. 18, 2018, PCT No. PCT/SE2018/051331
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 19, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/125294, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 27, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 1751575-0 (SE), filed on Dec. 19, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2021/0100251 A1, Apr. 8, 2021
Int. Cl. A01N 63/30 (2020.01); A01N 25/30 (2006.01); A01N 43/12 (2006.01)
CPC A01N 63/30 (2020.01) [A01N 25/30 (2013.01); A01N 43/12 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
 
1. A method of inhibiting and/or controlling Septoria tritici blotch (STB) caused by Mycosphaerella graminicola, said method comprising treating a wheat plant infected by M. graminicola with Clonostachys rosea in an amount effective to inhibit and/or control the STB, or with a biological control agent (BCA) composition comprising C. rosea in an amount effective to inhibit and/or control the STB and at least one auxiliary compound, wherein the method is conducted in the absence of a chemical fungicide.